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Pastoral Pay Increases: Compensation for pastors has increased faster than inflation over the last 25 years, finds a Duke University Divinity School survey. Median pay for Protestant clergy in the U.S.—including the value of provided housing—is now $40,000, similar to that of school-teachers and social workers. Roman Catholic priests, with no wives and children to support, receive a median of $25,000. The survey found that about 60% of Protestant pastors serve churches with an average Sunday attendance of 100 people or less. (PWB 2/28/03)

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